评估月经周期阶段和语音性别分类之间的关联:没有强有力的证据证明关联
Sarah Friedrich1, Edward S Brodkin2, Birgit Derntl3,4
1Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Frontiers in psychology
|April 28, 2025
概括
月经周期阶段和荷尔蒙水平没有影响声音的性别感知. 妇女对女性声音的反应比男性声音更快,不管她们的周期阶段如何.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 人类行为人类行为.
背景情况:
- 月经周期期间的荷尔蒙波动会影响认知情感过程和行为.
- 声音的性别感知对于社会互动至关重要,但对其由月经周期调节的研究是有限的,特别是独立于吸引力.
- 以前的研究往往侧重于伴侣选择和吸引力,在理解基本的声音-性别感知转变方面留下了一个差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查月经周期阶段和激素水平 (雌激素和孕) 对语音性别分类表现的影响.
- 为了确定是否有一个更明显的"异性效应" (更快/更准确地感知异性声音) 在肥沃的卵泡阶段相比形阶段.
- 检查独立于吸引力评级的声音性别感知.
主要方法:
- 65名自然循环的女性被分为卵泡和乳房阶段.
- 用反应时间和准确度评估了语音性别分类任务的性能.
- 信号检测理论 (SDT) 的措施被采用,以及频率主义和贝叶斯统计分析.
主要成果:
- 无论是月经周期阶段还是激素水平都没有显著影响反应时间或语音性别分类的SDT措施.
- 参与者在两个周期阶段,与男性声音相比,女性声音的反应时间始终更快.
- 没有发现周期阶段和语音性别感知之间的显著相互作用.
结论:
- 该研究的结果不支持月经周期阶段影响语音性别感知的假设.
- 结果与越来越多的研究结果一致,表明缺乏对性别刺激反应的月经周期调节.
- 在被研究的人群中,在月经周期的不同阶段,声音的性别感知似乎是强大的.
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